Schedule

Friday, September 14, 2012:

Rome

  • 9:30 - Depart by plane from Rome's Ciampino airport for Beirut

Beirut

  • 13:45 - Welcoming ceremony at the Beirut-Rafic International Airport

Harissa

  • 18:00 - Visit to St. Paul's Basilica in Harissa and the Signing of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation

 

Saturday, September 15, 2012

  • Holy Mass (private)

Baabda

  • 10:00 - Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic. Private meetings with the President of the Republic, the President of the Parliament and the President of the Council of Ministers in the Hall of the Ambassadors of the Baabda Presidential Palace
  • 10:50 - Meeting with Leaders of Muslim Religious Communities in the Hall of the Ambassadors of the Baabda Presidential Palace
  • 11:15 - Meeting with members of the government, institutions of the Republic, the diplomatic corps, religious leaders and representatives of the world of culture in the May 25th Hall of the Baabda Presidential Palace

Bzommar

  • 11:30 - Luncheon with the Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon, members of the Special Council for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops and the papal entourage in the refectory of the Armenian Catholic Patriachate of Bzommar

Bkerké

  • 18:00 - Meeting with the youth in the square across from the Maronite Patriarchate of Bkerké

 

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Beirut

  • 10:00 - Holy Mass and the Presentation of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation for the Middle East in the Beirut City Center Waterfront
  • Recitation of the Angelus

Harissa

  • 13:20 - Luncheon with the papal entourage in the Apostolic Nunciature in Harissa
  • 16:50 - Departure from the Apostolic Nunciature in Harissa

Charfet

  • 17:15 - Ecumenical Meeting in the Hall of Honor of the Syro-Catholic Patriarchate of Charfet

Beirut

  • 18:30 - Departure ceremony at the Beirut-Rafic International Airport
  • 19:00 - Departure by plane from the Beirut-Rafic International Airport for Rome

Rome

  • 21:40 - Arrival at Rome's Ciampino Airport